In the public’s mind, Benjamin Franklin’s scientific work has largely been reduced to this one experiment, in which Franklin demonstrated that discharges from thunderstorms are electric in nature (SN: ...

A belief that Jesus travelled to India and adopted Buddhist teachings and methods has been around since at least the 19th ...

In 1621, Richard Warren scuffled for survival on the western edge of the North Atlantic along with the small group of ...

The Bellevue Botanical Garden in Bellevue, Washington, hosts an annual holiday event called Garden d’Lights, during which ...

Alice Loxton doesn’t believe history should be boring or academic. As “History Alice,” she connects with millions of people ...

For the Pilgrims, what we today know as Thanksgiving was not a feast; rather, it was a spiritual devotion. Thanksgiving was a ...

What makes the story of 102 Pilgrims so unique and important to American history is their unyielding commitment to religious freedom, justice, and civil government.

But as a scholar of both English and American history, I know the two groups have significant ... he published in the mother ...

FX’s “Say Nothing,” based on Patrick Radden Keefe’s book of the same name, is a late contender for one of the best shows of ...

Highlighting Calvin's wild imagination and creator Bill Watterson's clever wit, the Calvin & Hobbes comic strips are loaded ...

The actress, screenwriter, and novelist’s reviews and essays from 1918-19 display a comprehensive grasp of movie art and a ...